Arvydas Macijauskas announced his retirement from playing professional basketball in 2010, two years after his last club, Olympiacos, had released him following a prolonged judicial litigation.
20 Facts About Arvydas Macijauskas
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Early in his career, Macijauskas was a member of the Neptunas junior team.
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Arvydas Macijauskas only played in 3 games in his rookie season, and spent most of the season with the Klaipeda University-Irvinga team.
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Arvydas Macijauskas spent three seasons with Neptunas, and averaged 12.7 points per game, on 53 percent field goal shooting, in the Lithuanian League.
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Arvydas Macijauskas played the next four seasons with the Lithuanian club Lietuvos rytas, and he led them to two Lithuanian League titles, in 2000 and 2002, and to a Northern European League title in 2003.
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Arvydas Macijauskas was named the Lithuanian League Finals MVP in 2002 and 2003.
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Arvydas Macijauskas averaged 15.3 points per game, on 61 percent field goal shooting, in 143 games played with Rytas.
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Arvydas Macijauskas joined the Spanish League club Tau Ceramica, for the next two seasons and he helped them win a Spanish Cup title in 2004.
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Arvydas Macijauskas was rarely used in his only season in the NBA, as he totaled 135 minutes of playing time, and 44 points scored, in 19 games played.
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Arvydas Macijauskas was bought out by the Hornets after the season ended.
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On 20 July 2006 Arvydas Macijauskas signed with the Greek League club Olympiacos.
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Later that year, Olympiacos sued Arvydas Macijauskas for violating his contract terms.
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Arvydas Macijauskas was a member of the Lithuanian Under-18 and Under-20 junior national teams.
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Arvydas Macijauskas played at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
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Arvydas Macijauskas led the senior Lithuania national team in scoring, at the EuroBasket 2003, with an average of 15.8 points per game.
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Arvydas Macijauskas played at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, where the Lithuanians finished in fourth place.
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Arvydas Macijauskas averaged 15.9 points per game, on 54 percent field goal shooting, and scored a tournament-high 32 points against China, in the quarterfinals.
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Arvydas Macijauskas played at the 2006 World Championship, where the Lithuanian team finished in seventh place.
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Arvydas Macijauskas was a candidate for the Lithuanian team for EuroBasket 2009 in Poland, but at the last minute, he declared that he would not participate in the tournament.
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On 19 June 2010 Arvydas Macijauskas became the assistant coach of the Lithuanian club Perlas Vilnius, but in August it was announced that he had left Perlas, for personal reasons.